Dylan Thompson: QB · South Carolina · #17.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Dylan Thompson
Pushes it downfield on every look. A game that shows it: 402 passing yards and 14 receiving yards against Auburn — Week 9, 2014.
Play style
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
44.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 23.8% conversion-per-dropback — 40.0% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
6 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (60.0%). 6 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (31.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
On3 Oct 24
247Sports Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | South Carolina | 270 | 451 | 59.9% | 3,564 | 7.9 | 26 | 11 | 140.4 | 71 |
| Career | 270 | 451 | 59.9% | 3,564 | 7.9 | 26 | 11 | 140.4 | 71 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | South Carolina | 67 | −72 | −1.1 | 4 | 20 |
| Career | 67 | −72 | −1.1 | 4 | 20 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-52vs No. 21 Texas A&M | 20/40 | 366 | 4 | 1 | 9.1 | 73.5 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 2 | W 33-23vs East Carolina | 25/38 | 266 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 77.4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-35vs No. 6 Georgia | 21/30 | 271 | 3 | 1 | 9.0 | 90.3 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 48-34@ Vanderbilt | 22/34 | 237 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 71.8 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21vs Missouri | 21/37 | 219 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 30.2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-45@ Kentucky | 23/37 | 218 | 1 | 3 | 5.9 | 42.3 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 8 | W 41-10vs Furman | 14/22 | 262 | 2 | 0 | 11.9 | 82.8 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 9 | L 35-42@ No. 5 Auburn | 29/50 | 402 | 5 | 3 | 8.0 | 85.3 | Season-high 402 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 10 | L 42-45vs Tennessee | 20/32 | 347 | 2 | 1 | 10.8 | 74.6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-20@ Florida | 22/41 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 31.0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-12vs South Alabama | 10/17 | 237 | 1 | 1 | 13.9 | 72.9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-35@ No. 23 Clemson | 21/39 | 249 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 | 18.4 | |
 Bowl | W 24-21vs Miami | 22/34 | 284 | 2 | 0 | 8.4 | 78.4 | |
| Total | 270/451 | 3564 | 26 | 11 | 7.9 | — |
Week 1 · 2014
L 28-52
vs Texas A&M
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 443 passing plays (263 completions) against the box score's 451 attempts (270 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.1650 of 181 QBsSack rate
5.1%77 of 181 QBsRarely sacked (77 of 181 QBs) and still 50 of 181 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 59.9% completion on 451 attempts · 53 deep completions averaging 30.0 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2014 baseline
-44
percentile points worse on first down
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 281 | 2.0 | 9.7 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 262 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 266 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 284 | 1.8 | 9.3 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Spurrier
Pass share
49.7%
467 pass / 473 run
Plays / game
72.3
13 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2014
451 pass attempts, 67 carries and 2 catches in 13 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at South Carolina, 3,564 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2010–2014
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Spurrier.
